The Kowanyama Family Fun Day saw all of the community come together and bring joy to the faces of the children. RISE Ventures Kowanyama organised the day in partnership with the Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council to coincide with the grand re-opening of the water park. Team member Shiquea Creek organised the…
Tyeisha Clark is a 19-year-old First Nations woman who has dreams with no limits. In fact, she’s already conquered the skies, become a role model in her community and earned herself the title of “The Barefoot Pilot”. Growing up in Kowanyama, a small Queensland town in Cape York, Tyeisha finished school…
Read our latest aspirant success stories, with a spotlight on Community Pride. Working in community means being part of the community. An important part of our work is what we call Community Pride. This encompasses community events, clean-ups and grounds keeping, art and cultural programs, and wellbeing…
Janice Scrutton is a 59-year-old First Nations woman who has been a CDP participant since 2015, and lived in Katherine since 2016. She previously lived in Alice Springs, where she brought up her family and worked for Ayiparinya Hostel as a general hand, gaining cleaning and food preparation skills. Janice had always been proactive…
Over the past three months, youth in Katherine and Kybrook have been ballin’! RISE Ventures brought Hoops 4 Health and their basketball superstars to run 15 sessions in community in April, May and June. The first Indigenious Australia NBA player Nathan Jawai, alongside Darwin Jets players Kylie Duggin and Sam Rioli, coached all the sessions….
Three Angus Knight Group companies, Jobfind, RISE Ventures and Nyirrungulung-RISE have collaborated to launch telehealth services to remote communities in the Northern Territory. The service is aimed at providing psychosocial support to Indigenous communities in Katherine, Kybrook, Pine Creek, Werenbun, Jodetluk, Beswick, Binjari and Barunga. The service is supported by funding from the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) through the Trialling Pathways to Real Jobs (TPRJ) initiative. The telehealth services are offered through Jobfind’s allied health service, Healthfind, and are delivered by a team…
The RISE Ventures teams in Katherine, Kowanyama and Pormpuraaw have been implementing the Trialling Pathways to Real Jobs (TPRJ) program in their communities. An important part of our service to aspirants is In-Work Support which includes helping them settle in, regular check-ins, providing equipment they may need and…
Trialling Pathways to Real Jobs (TPRJ) is a Community Development Program (CDP) initiative driven by the National Indigenous Australians Agency to provide real jobs, proper wages and decent conditions to First Nations people across Australia. TPRJ gives providers the opportunity to trial new approaches to securing jobs, receiving training, increasing engagement and supporting the…
Here’s your Kowanyama community update for March! We’ve been busy this month! Get an update on our Men’s and Women’s Meeting Places, Youth Grove and Digital Hub. We’re also celebrating 13 community members who are transitioning into employment with the Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council. Congratulations – the team is proud of you! Men’s…
The guys have been busy in both our Youth Team and Men’s Connectivity Hub. Great to see everyone committed to learning new skills and building a better future. Youth Connectivity Hub – Certificate III in Civil Construction The RISE Katherine youth team have been…
